Vice President at Credit Life Insurance Company. Waymon (known fondly as "Way" by his close friends) was born in Oklahoma, the son of Alton B. Underwood and Lela Lasater. He enlisted in the United States Air Force in June 1952 and was honorably discharged as a Staff Sergeant in June 1956. He then attended the University of Oklahoma and graduated with a degree in Drama. His thesis was on the first musical produced in America, called "The Black Crook" (1866) which is now in the collection of the Library of Congress. One of his friends at the University of Oklahoma was folk singer Tom Paxton. A true "Sooner", he was proud to be from Oklahoma and always had a "University of Oklahoma" sticker on the rear window of his car. From the mid-1950s through the 1960s he lived in Lansing, Michigan, where he was active as an actor and director with the Community Circle Players Theatre. In 1959 he was the lead in their production of William Saroyan's "The Time of Your Life." He later found a career position in the Records Department at Credit Life Insurance Company in Springfield, Ohio, where he would remain for the rest of his life. He eventually would become Vice-President of Records and Management and active in the Dayton Chapter of the ARMA (Association of Records Managers and Administrators). He had a hobby of collecting police uniform patches and law enforcement memorabilia and was often be seen at flea markets on weekends finding items to add to his collection. He maintained his love for the grand opera, theater, and drama and he played a role in Agatha Christie's "Mousetrap" in 1979 at the Springfield Ohio Civic Theater. The following season, Way played the lead role of "Willie" in Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" for 4 performances in February-March, 1980. He received impressive reviews in the local paper. He was an articulate speaker and a perfectionist in many aspects of his life. He went through a triple bypass heart operation in 1986, then started eating more wisely and exercising by walking at the mall in the early morning.... but because he had been a life-long smoker, the damage had been done and his lungs could not stay clear of fluid after the operation. Within a few months, he died quietly at home of pneumonia. He was only 55 years of age. He was a lifetime bachelor but maintained several very close friends in his life. From 1978 to 1980, he lived with his partner, Christian, with whom he stayed close to until his passing. Waymon was a proud 32nd Degree Freemason. His name lives on through the "Waymon M. Underwood Scholarship" at Wright State University, in Ohio, to this day. A great and generous man.